Sónar returns to Lisbon on 11.12.13 April 2025 for two days and two nights of music, creativity and technology at Parque Eduardo VII. Buy your ticket here. Please note that ticket prices will increase progressively as the festival approaches.

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<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">As producers,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Amor Satyr &amp; Siu Mata</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> exist in their own universe. Across solo and joint releases on their own&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://wajang.bandcamp.com/music"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>WAJANG</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> label - as well as on TraTraTrax, Boukan, Hardline and SSPB - they connect global bass music with the sounds of free party culture (check their&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hardlinesounds.bandcamp.com/album/bh-01"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Sexapil</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> side project) and the UK hardcore continuum. Tribal tekno meets dembow-powered latin club music, baile funk, and jungle, with an emphasis on rapid rhythms and deep, wobbling basslines. Their DJ sets go even further, adding in juke, footwork, dubstep, and much more. Come and dive into the Parisian duo’s unique musical headspace when they play at Sónar Lisboa 2025.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

The Parisian alchemists bring their unique blend of global bass music, free party techno and UK rave sounds to Lisbon

Amor Satyr & Siu Mata

<p>Poised, playful and powerful,&nbsp;<strong>Anetha’s</strong> updated version of techno remains true to the genre’s blueprint, as you might expect from someone who originally trained as an architect. The French artist's modern sound looks beyond four-to-the-floor kicks but maintains the essence of the rave, incorporating trance, drum’n’bass, and even deconstructed club tracks. 2024 was her biggest year yet, with the release of her debut album&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://anetha.bandcamp.com/album/mty010-mothearth">Mothearth</a>,&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://mixmag.net/feature/anetha-cover-feature-interview-paris-dj-mama-told-ya">magazine cover features</a>, and a series of high profile dates - including a showstopping set at Sónar by Night in Barcelona - around the world. We can’t wait to bring one of modern techno’s most exciting DJs to Sónar Lisboa 2025.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Now she’s bringing her first-ever visual show, EXHIBIT to Sónar Lisbon. Working with a team of visual artists led by&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/femur_v/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Femur</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, she’s offering a glimpse into the inside of her mind. Want to see more? You’ll have to wait until April 2025.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

The French DJ brings her first-ever visual show to Lisbon, after conquering Sónar by Night in Barcelona with her modern, open-minded brand of techno. 

Anetha

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Two modern DJs who instinctively understand house music culture and its roots in the Black gay community,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>BASHKKA</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ogazón</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> approach the genre in different ways, but with the same intentions.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Born to a Turkish family in Bavaria,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>BASHKKA</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’s approach to music has been shaped by a decade spent in New York, where she found a chosen family amongst the city's trans community. Her sets blend the fierceness of that city’s ballroom scene with her own influences: from classic ghetto house to new school club cuts, with a heavy representation of queer and SWANA artists. Spanish DJ&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Ogazón</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is a perfect complement, a master technician with a similarly encyclopaedic knowledge of house music. A vinyl-only DJ who came up through the Amsterdam after-hours scene, she’s an expert in building and maintaining a groove.</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">We’re gearing up for a masterclass in house music - and plenty of fireworks -&nbsp; when this pair go back-to-back for the very first time at Sónar Lisboa 2025.</span></span></p>

A house music masterclass from two of the underground’s hottest DJs, who’ll go back-to-back for the very first time

BASHKKA b2b Ogazón

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">One of the biggest personalities in Brazil’s wildly creative electronic scene,&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Clementaum&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is a name to watch in 2025. Influenced by ballroom, fashion and the Brazilian queer community, she’s one of electronic music’s most electrifying performers. And she backs it up with her mixing: a fast, fierce and furious blend of everything from baile funk to tribal house and Jersey club. As if that wasn’t enough, she’s also a&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://clementaum.bandcamp.com/track/a-um-feat-cyberkills"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>crack producer</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and a&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/pabllovittarofficial/ameianoite-clementaum-remix-ft"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>deadly remixer</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. With a pair of Boiler Room appearances under her belt already, plus a&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.rinse.fm/shows/pra-fritar-e-rebolar-by-clementaum/"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>residency on Rinse FM</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, the only place she’s going is up. Her set at Sónar Lisboa 2025 promises to be something really special.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

The latest multi-talented star to emerge from Brazil’s creative underground brings her fast, fierce and furious blend of baile funk and Jersey club to Lisbon

Clementaum

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In 2017, Alberto Guerrini created&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Gabber Eleganza</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> as a digital archive to document his love of the gabber subculture. A youth movement that originated in the Netherlands in the early 90s before reaching the mainstream, gabber combined intense, high-bpm hardcore music with a unique aesthetic that drew from punk, futurism, and street style.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Now a multidisciplinary platform encompassing art, fashion, and music, Gabber Eleganza (and the associated&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://neversleeplife.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Never Sleep</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> label), is where Guerrini joins the dots - both sonically and aesthetically - between hardcore, post-rave movements, and contemporary culture.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>‘The Hakke Show’</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is maybe his defining artistic statement to date: a gabber set featuring a group of hakke dancers who bring the classic high energy gabber dance style to life on stage. After blowing the Sónar by Day audience away in Barcelona in 2024, they’re bringing this very special show to Lisbon. Get ready to sweat.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

 Hard, fast, and furious: the sound, aesthetics and choreography of gabber come to life on stage

Gabber Eleganza presents ‘The Hakke Show’

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Fuego</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> - Spanish for fire, just in case - is a word that you hear a lot around Madrid DJ, producer and lifelong raver&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Héctor Oaks</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. It’s everywhere on his social media and event descriptions, and even in the title of his </span></span><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">last&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://hectoroaks.bandcamp.com/album/fuego-universal"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>album</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. It’s also a fitting word to describe the intensity of his vinyl-only sets, which burn through rapid techno, raw ghetto house, acid, industrial and anything else he’s got in his crate. Last time he DJed at Sónar Lisboa he managed to convince Richie Hawtin to dig out his records for the first time in years, and while that’s not likely to happen this time round, we can promise plenty of fire emojis when this underground raver turned international superstar takes to the booth.</span></span></p>

Expect puro fuego from the Madrid-born rave superstar, whose vinyl-only sets are legendary for their intensity and technicality

Héctor Oaks 

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Long one of the leading lights of the Barcelona club scene, the last two years have seen&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>ISAbella</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> take the leap into the international underground. She remains firmly rooted in the city’s scene, continuing to help manage now-legendary&nbsp; “FLINT* queer, techno, pervy and loving” party&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.instagram.com/maricxsmxricxs/?hl=en"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>MARICAS</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, which she co-founded in 2018, while also playing everywhere from grassroots queer parties to huge festival stages around the world. Her euphoric yet refined mix of classic 90s house, techno and trance is the result of years spent obsessing over (dance) music, a sound that delights both veteran clubbers and first-time ravers alike. No surprise here: we can’t wait to bring her with us to Lisbon.</span></span></p>

The Barcelona queer icon brings her euphoric and refined vision of house and techno to Lisboa 

ISAbella

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>JASSS&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is difficult to pin down. Unsurprisingly for a producer whose catalogue includes post-industrial sound design (debut album&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://soundcloud.com/redbullmusicacademy/jasss-weightless-first-floor-premiere"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Weightless</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, turbocharged trance and UK hardcore (</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://jasssinc.bandcamp.com/album/whities-027"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Whities 027</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">) alongside trip-hop and 90s alt-rock (</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://jasssinc.bandcamp.com/album/a-world-of-service-3"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>A World Of Service</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">)</span></i><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, she moves freely between eras, genres and tempos. A sophisticated and singular selector, she started out playing in hardcore bands in Asturias in northern Spain before moving to the Netherlands and then Berlin, where she submerged herself in electronic music. You still can feel that free-spirited, punkish energy in her sets, which use basic ingredients - techno, breakbeat, trance, EBM - to build something entirely unique. We can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us at Sónar Lisboa 2025.</span></span></p>

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Sophisticated, singular selections delivered with punk spirit by an underground icon  

JASSS

<p class="p1">From the queer underground of Paris to Berlin warehouses and Balearic sunsets,&nbsp;<strong>Jennifer Cardini</strong> has played almost everywhere. With a career that spans three decades, they've quietly attained the status of the pioneers they once looked up to. And they've done it their way, staying true to their belief in the liberatory power of club culture and their love of music. Although best known for music that sits somewhere between seductive house, dark italo and coldwave - check their labels&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://correspondant.bandcamp.com/"><span class="s1">Correspondant</span></a> and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://dischiautunno.bandcamp.com/"><span class="s1">Dischi Autunno</span></a> - they'll also dip into the sleek techno and sexy EBM, or even hands-in-the-air rave euphoria, depending on the occasion. Expect a celebration of dance music from one of the best around at Sónar Lisboa 2025.&nbsp;</p>

A quiet pioneer and true advocate for the liberatory power of the club brings their seductive brand of dance music to Lisbon

Jennifer Cardini

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Genre-defying DJ, philosopher&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JynMGyys-Q"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>poet</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, acclaimed&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/34476"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>visual artist</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">,&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://tongueinthemind.bandcamp.com/album/tongue-in-the-mind"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>cyberpunk frontwoman</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> … Plenty of artists label themselves ‘multidisciplinary’, but&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Juliana Huxtable</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is one of the few who lives up to the label. Technology, and its creeping impact on our intimate lives, is the focus of her artistic practices; as a DJ, she turns the tables, deploying technology to break down barriers and hack its own code. Warehouse-ready techno and rave classics are spliced with samples - everything&nbsp; from hip-hop to hyperpop - applying the principles of reblogging to the DJ set. Hypnotic, ecstatic, and still firmly forward-looking, Juliana’s vision of the rave is part parallel reality and part collective seance.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

The multi-faceted artist rethinks the sound of the rave, hacking warehouse-ready techno with diverse samples and references 

Juliana Huxtable

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The sound and feel of 2000s Berlin techno owes a lot to&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Marcel Dettmann</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. As one of the longest-tenured residents at the city’s legendary club Berghain, he helped create the blueprint: lean, minimal, raw electronic music, purpose-built for marathon sets and weekend-long parties. Inspired by the negative space of 90s dub techno - he worked at Hard Wax, the legendary record store run by Mark Ernestus of Basic Channel and Rhythm and Sound - and the cold romance of 80s synth pop and goth rock, his own productions are clearly best experienced on a darkened dancefloor, but can also sound oddly soulful when heard in the right context. At Sónar Lisboa 2025, he’ll perform a brand new live set, intriguingly titled ‘</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>My Own Shadow</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">’.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

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A mysterious new live set from a modern German legend who helped create the blueprint for Berlin techno

Marcel Dettmann presents ‘My Own Shadow’ live

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Know someone who still needs convincing that electronic music is an art? Just take them to a&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Max Cooper&nbsp;</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">show. Almost certainly the only working electronic artist with a PhD in computational biology, he’s spent 15 years using his scientific background to dream up shows that bridge the gaps between clubs, concert halls, and art galleries. A constant innovator, he’s long been inspired by the natural world, scientific phenomena, and mathematical models. But on latest album</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://maxcooper.bandcamp.com/album/on-being"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#4a6ee0;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><i><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>On Being</u></span></i></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#0e101a;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, due out in February 2025, he flipped the script, instead using thousands of anonymous quotes from his fans as inspiration. To accompany the record, he’s preparing a brand new live AV show featuring some exciting new additions to his arsenal. We can’t wait to experience it at Sónar Lisboa 2025.</span></span></p>

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The innovative UK artist crafts mind-blowing audiovisual shows that elevate electronic music to the level of fine art.  

Max Cooper live

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To longtime Sónar fans,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Modeselektor</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> should need no introduction. But for our younger audience, let’s give you the story. Starting out as part of the illegal rave scene in the outskirts of early 90s Berlin,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Gernot Bronsert</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Sebastian Szary</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> have played a huge role in shaping electronic music since the early 2000s. From their work with Sascha Ring (Apparat) as Moderat, to founding of Berlin institution&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://monkeytownrecords.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>Monkeytown Records</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, they’ve kept the sound of Berlin fresh, fun and free-spirited over the past two decades. Now veterans of the scene, they haven’t stopped looking to the future: just check the list of forward-thinking artists they’ve released on their&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://seilscheibenpfeiler.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>SSPB</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> label (named after the industrial site where they first formed). Expect plenty of curveballs, wonky basslines and wild thrills when they DJ together at Sónar Lisboa 2025.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

 The veteran duo have helped keep Berlin fresh, fun and free-spirited over the past 20 years

Modeselektor DJ set

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">It’s easy to forget that before&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>Nina Kraviz</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, female superstar DJs simply didn’t exist. In the late 2000s and early 2010s, the Siberian blazed a trail for everyone from Amelie Lens to VTSS with a combination of potent productions, unpredictable DJ sets, and a tonne of female attitude. Electronic music today wouldn’t be the same without her.</span></span><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In recent years her productions have toyed with pop - revealing her offbeat sense of humour - but she’s remained tied to the underground, supporting experimental electronic music and emerging artists via her acclaimed labels</span></span><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://triprecords.bandcamp.com/"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>трип</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> and GALAXIID. As a DJ, she’s still one of the very best around, using techno as a jump-off for deep, cosmic, and playful sets. You won’t want to miss her - in relatively intimate circumstances - at Sónar Lisboa 2025.&nbsp;</span></span></p>

Techno’s original female trailblazer might now be a global superstar, but she’s still as uncompromising as ever 

Nina Kraviz

<p><meta charset="utf-8"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">One of the hottest DJs in Portugal right now,&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><strong>NOIA</strong></span><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> brings a whole lot of energy to the booth. Together with her Porto-based collective and label&nbsp;</span></span><a style="text-decoration:none;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.xxiiibeats.com/"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#1155cc;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><u>XXIII</u></span></span></a><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;"><span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">, she’s helped put uptempo, bass-heavy sounds - jungle, drum’n’bass, dubstep, hardcore - back on the menu across Portugal. Reese bass, amen breaks, hoover sounds, airhorns, half-step rhythms: these are her weapons of choice… and with sets that usually hover around the 160bpm mark, she’s capable of getting a dancefloor jumping within a matter of minutes. She’s recently been getting tapped to play at some of Europe’s most forward-thinking clubs and parties, so you won’t want to miss her on home turf at Sónar Lisboa 2025.&nbsp;</span></span></p>